A/N: Ah, finally, a day without homework! Special thanks to Nenya and Cloud-123 for reviewing at least twice!

        Well, you know the drill, read and review and send in suggestions along with 'em!

            By the way, if anyone has information on what new Heartless (any type) look like, please tell me. I need all the help I can get. I only made the Wyverns look better in my own way, but I'm not sure if that's what they would really look like in Final Mix.

            On with chapter 4! What will happen to the three now that the Heartless are faster? Oh yeah, to those who like Rinoa, sorry but she won't be appearing in this fic. I'm concentrating on the reunion of the three guys I like most in FF8.

Connections

            "Look out!"  shouted Irvine shooting at the Wyverns heading for his companions.

            He ducked right after making the shot as the Wyvern that targeted him zoomed over the space where he had been just a second before.

            "Concentrate on yours first!" called Zell, dodging his Wyvern and trying to counter with a backhand.

            It sped past the attack and flew up high again.

            "They're flying up too high!" Sora exclaimed, as his hovered high as well.

            "Stinkin' excuses for birds!" Zell growled. "We have to find a way to get them down!"

            "How?" replied Irvine. "They're too fast!"

            Suddenly a flash shortly illuminated the sky, making the Wyverns screech.

            "Yow!" said Zell, covering his ears. "You'd thing they've been hit by lightning or something!"

            "That's it!" shouted Sora, startling the other two.

            He raised his Keyblade and pointed it to the sky.

            "Thunder!" he shouted.

            The weapon momentarily sparked with electricity before a bolt of the element shot out towards the heavens. Soon after, multiple bolts shot down from the sky and sped to the Wyverns. The three Heartless didn't even have time to move as the currents of energy were too fast and hit them dead center. They gave out high-pitched screeches once again as the high voltage surged through them. They faulted in their hover for a moment before regaining their composure, though still slightly dazed.

            "You're kidding me!" Sora complained.

            "They can still get up?" Zell exclaimed. "You'd think they'd go down after being struck, but no, they still chose to fly high!"         

            "Hey! Why didn't I think of that?" Irvine suddenly exclaimed. "Stand back you two! If these Wyverns want to stay in the air, I'll give them something that's really worth fighting!"

            Sora and Zell did as told. Irvine closed his eyes and concentrated his energy to a single thought.

            'Airborne serpent, Guardian Force of lightning, come forth and aid me with your skills in battle.' Irvine opened his eyes and raised his hand, palm up, to the sky. 'I SUMMON YOU, QUEZACOTL!'

            Like Sora's Keyblade, a bolt shot out from Irvine's palm and out to the sky. But instead of sending lightning bolts back to the ground, the clouds gathered and darkened. A thunderclap later, something swooped down from the sky that was too fast to fully distinguish. All Sora was able to see was a streak of yellow, nothing more. What shocked him, though, was that the yellow streak headed for Irvine and stopped in front of the sharpshooter. Taking a closer look, the Keyblade master realized that the streak was a creature of some sort. It looked to Sora like a giant bird with no facial features. It was yellow with green stripes highlighting certain areas of its head and body. Plus, it was two times bigger than the Wyverns. Irvine reached forward and petted its snout, in the place where there was supposed to be a beak. He then pointed to the Heartless.

            "Go get 'em!" he commanded.

            The giant bird made no sound, but it complied by heading straight for the Heartless.

            As the battle of the winged creatures started, Zell marched to Irvine.

            "You had Quezacotl junctioned, and you didn't summon him before we were nearly torn apart?" he asked, exasperated.

            "Hey, I forgot, so sue me." shrugged Irvine then turned to the Guardian. "Go, Quezacotl, Thunderstorm!"

            Sora watched, speechless, as Quezacotl, as Zell called it, glowed a bright yellow and flew higher. It reared its head back and energy gathered in front of its snout. Then, snapping its head forward, lightning discharged from the tip of its snout and surged to the Wyverns. They screeched once again and twitched slightly, but remained in the air.

            "They don't want to give up!" exclaimed Sora.

            The Wyverns attacked again, this time all at once, towards Quezacotl. The GF furled its wings in front of it, and created a makeshift shield of electricity, protecting itself from the attack. The three hit the shield at the same point and, though giving no damage, were still able to push the spirit a distance back.

            "Don't let them get the better of you!" Irvine shouted. "Boost it up!"

            Quezacotl glowed once again. But this time, instead of firing electricity from his snout, he shot up into the dark clouds. A split second later, a huge lightning bolt, big enough to hit all the Wyverns, shot down from the spot where the lightning spirit flew up. The three had to cover their eyes from the glare of the attack. After a few seconds, they all lowered their arms from their faces to find the Wyverns fall to the ground, electricity visibly running through them, before "fading away" as three hearts floated up to the sky. Quezacotl then flew down from the sky and took his place beside Irvine.

            "Thanks." said the sharpshooter, patting the Guardian's snout once again. "You can rest now."

            The winged serpent nodded and flew up to the dark clouds. A flash of lightning and a thunderclap later, the sky brightened once again as the clouds parted.

            "Woah!" Sora exclaimed. "What was that?"

            "That, my friend, was a Guardian Force, GF for short." Irvine said. "Something that helps you when you call for it."

            "Oh, like a spirit?" asked Sora, remembering those that aided him before the worlds were restored.

            "Huh?" said Zell.

            "Never mind."

            "Well, now what?"

            "What do you mean?"

            "I mean do we go in?" said Zell, indicating the deserted town. "Or do we listen to whoever that was?"

            The blonde growled the latter statement and Sora wasn't sure what to answer. Usually he'd just let things happen in situations like this. But now, he was fairly sure that telling Zell to follow what the voice said would just add up to the martial artist's frustration. Before he could respond though, a glow emitted from his Lionheart Keychain, bringing him out of his thoughts.

            "What's happening?" he stated, bringing the said artifact out.

            "We were hoping you'd tell us." said Irvine, looking just as startled as he was.

            The Keychain glowed brighter and a beam of light emanated from it.

            "Where's this thing pointing to?" Zell muttered, squinting his eyes to see where the beam led.

            'Follow the light.'

            Sora looked around.

            "Did you hear that?" he asked the other two.

            "Hear what?" Zell asked.

            'Follow the light.'

            "There it is again!" he said, looking around once more.

            "We don't hear anything, Sora." said Irvine.

            'I know you're lost, kid.'

            It was after that statement that Sora recognized the voice.

            'Leon?'

A/N: Sorry, but I have to cut it here. I was suddenly hit by a bad case of writer's block. Wait, does anyone want to know about why Zell got so mad about the "curious aren't we, Mr. Dincht" comment? Well, like I said, you know the drill. R&R!